Fish lure and grapple



A June 16, 1931. W41, KENELY 1,810,565

FISH LURE AND GRAPPLE Filed Oct. 15, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v I IVENTOR I I ATTORNEY 5 June 16, 1931.

W. J. KEJNELY FISH LURE AND GRA'PPLE I Filed Oct.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 16;

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raise with the device, when theiline tension reaches a predetermined maximum, and thereby avoid breaking of theline.

' Another object of the invention is to pro- 15 vide such a device which can be attached to a fishing line in proximity to the bait and dragged along the bottom of the body of water, so that certain of the fiukes will rest on the bottom and stir up the mud orfsand 29 to simulate the movement of-a crea'ture on the bottom, so as to attract fish which reaching the vicinity of the bestirred mud or sand will seethe bait and presumably strike at it. Further objects are to provide a device of this character including a body and novel and improved means for mounting the arms or flukes thereon; to provide such a, device which shall be simple, durable and inexpensive in construction; and to obtainladvantages andvresults as willtbe brought out by the following description. g V

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding and like parts are designated through the several views by the same reference characters, 7

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fish lure embodying my invention showing the manner of using the same. I v

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the in-' vention used as a grapple. 1

Figure 3 is an enlarged verticallongitu- Figure '5 and by dot and dash lines-in Figdinal sectional view through the device.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentarysectional view through the hinged connection of one of the arms or flulres to the body, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the parts shown in Figure 5 f with the arm or fluke omitted. I

5 Specifically describing the invention, the

. At thesmall end of the body is the device which is in'theform of a hollow cone and may be constructed of sheet metal. At the large end of the bodyaremounteda plurality ofarms or flukes .2 which radiate from the body and arepivotally connected thereto to move in radial planes. Thiscon nection may be of any suitable construction, butpreferabl-y the edge of the large end of the body is provided with a pluralityof notches 3, one-to receive each arm 2 andeach notch having at its base; aspring tongue 4 which may be formed integral with the body by slitting the body as at 5.. a 1

I Eacn of the arms 2 hasadjacent one end thereof a notch6 which receives the end of the correspondingspring tongue 4 and atthe edge of the arm opposite the notch 6 is formed another notch 7 preferably arcuate in cross of one of the arms 2 whereby said arms may swing about said pivotal portions. The ring 8 may be. secured to the body byrivets orv reference character 1 designates the bodyjof bolts 19 passing througheyes 20 on the ring and through the body. Swinging movement of 'thearms-inone direction is limited by lugs 10 on the clamping ring against which the-inner ends of the arms-abut, as clearly shown in Figures 3 and 5; With thisconstruction, the spring tongues 4 normally en "gage. thenotc-hes 6 so as tohold the arms against the stop lugs 10 and projecting from the body at obliqueangles to the axisthereof and; with theouterends of the arms extending'in the direction of the small end of the end of the body against the influence of the spring tongues 4 as shown by solid lines in ure 1,.i-nto a position-substantially parallel with the axis'of the body.

an 'eye 11- for; attachmentto a line, and this eye may .be formed integral with a bolt 13 having a central portion l6provided with" provided an opening 17 through which passes the end of the bolt 13. A clamping nut 18 may be secured upon the extremity of the bolt outside the spider, and thereby the bolt 13 serves to reenforce the body against strains onthe eye 11.

In use of the device as a fish lure, a. bait 21 may be secured by a line 22 to the eye 11, and the device is dragged over the bottom of a body of water by pulling upon theline 12 as shown in Figure 1 of thedrawings. Preferably the body has a plurality of openings 23 at its small end-to permit the escape of air and facilitate rapid sinking of the device. At least two of the arms 2 bear upon the bottom and stir up sand and mud as the device is dragged. This will attract the attention of nearby fish, which reaching the vicinity of the disturbed sand or mud will see'the bait 21 and strike at it. Should the arms strike'an obstruction as indicated at 24c, further pulling upon the line 12 will cause the'arms to swing rearwardly or away from the small end of the body so as to clear the obstruction as shown in Figure 1. It will be understood, of course, that the line must be capable of withstanding a predetermined tension suihcient to overcome the resistance exerted by the spring tongues t against swinging' of the arms 2. The possibility of breaking of the line and loss of the device is therefore materially reduced.

The device may also be used as a hookor grapple as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. 'For lifting a. submerged cable, line I or other object 25, one or more of the arms 2 are brought into engagement with the cable or the like so that when the body 1 is raised by the line 12, the cable Will be elevated. Should the weight of the 'cable or other obect being raised be too great for the line 12,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a body having means at one end for attachment to a line, and a plurality of arms pivotally mounted on said body to swing in the direction of and opposite to that of the "pull upon the line into a position substantially parallel with the axis of said body, and spring 2. A device of the character described comprising a hollow conical body having means at its small end for attachment to a line, a plurality of arms each having a notch in each of itsopposite edges adjacent one end, a ring secured to the'other end of said body and engaging the notch in one edge of each arm to pivotally mount said arms between said ring and the end of the body to swing in axial planes thereof, and a spring engaging the other notch of each arm to yieldingly resist swinging of the outer ends of said arms in the direction away from the first-mentioned end of said body.

3. A device of the character described comprising a hollow conical body having means at its small end for attachment to a line and a plurality of recesses at its other end, a plurality of arms one in each of said recesses and each having a notch in each of its opposite edgesadjacent one end, a ring secured to the second-mentioned end of said body and engaging the notch in one edge of each arm to pivotally mount said arms between said ring and the end of the body to swing in axial planes thereof, and a spring engaging he other notch of each arm to yieldingly resist swinging of the outer ends of said arms in the direction away from the first-mentioned end of said body.

4. Adevice of the character described comprising a hollow conical body having an axial opening at its small end, an axial bolt extending through said opening and the body and having an eye atthe small end of the bodyfor attachment to a line, a plurality of arms each having a notch in each of its opposite edges adjacent one end, a spider secured to the other end of said body and said bolt and h'aving'a ringportion engaging the notch in one edge of each arm to pivotally mount said arms between said ring and the end of the body to swing in axial planes thereof, and a spring engaging the other notch of each arm to yieldingly resist swinging of the outer ends of said arms in the direction away from the first-mentioned end of said body.

WVILLIAM J. KENELY.

means for yieldingly resisting movement of said arms in the direction opposite 

